--- title: "Connect HigherGov to Botdog - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Pursuit Added\" fires in HigherGov, your agent runs \"Add Contact to a Campaign\" in Botdog." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-botdog" --- # Connect HigherGov to Botdog When **Pursuit Added** fires in [HigherGov](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov), your agent runs **Add Contact to a Campaign** in [Botdog](https://apiant.ai/connections/botdog). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. HigherGov **1** trigger HigherGov **10** actions Botdog **30** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want HigherGov and Botdog to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What HigherGov can start in Botdog - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Add Contact to a Campaign** in Botdog - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Add leads to blacklist** in Botdog Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with HigherGov and Botdog ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 40 actions - Trigger **Pursuit Added** Triggered when a new pursuit is added to your HigherGov pipeline. - Action **Find Agencies** Returns U.S. government agencies from HigherGov, with each agency's ID, name, abbreviation, type and place in the agency hierarchy. Supply an agency ID to look up a single one. - Action **Find Awardees** Returns companies that hold U.S. government awards, with each company's name, Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, address, contacts, industry codes and SAM registration dates. Filter by Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, parent company or industry code. - Action **Find Contract Vehicles** Returns U.S. government contract vehicles, each with its name, description, type, status, award date and the awarding and funding agencies. - Action **Find Federal Contracts** Returns U.S. federal contract awards, each with its Award ID, winning company, awarding and funding agencies, dollar values, performance dates, industry codes and place of performance. Filter by company, agency, industry code, contract vehicle or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find Federal Grants** Returns U.S. federal grant awards, each with its Award ID, recipient organization, awarding and funding agencies, grant program number, dollar amounts and dates. Filter by recipient, agency, program number or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find Opportunities** Returns open U.S. government contract and grant opportunities, each with its title, description, posting agency, source, posted and due dates. Filter by agency, source, posted date or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find People** Returns federal, state and local government contacts, each with their name, title, email, phone and agency. Supply an email address to look up one specific person. - Action **Find Pursuits** Returns the pursuits your team is tracking in HigherGov, each with its keys, name, stage and related opportunity details. Filter to a single pursuit by its key or your own reference ID. - Action **Find State and Local Contracts** Returns U.S. state and local government contract awards, each with its buyer, supplier, award amount and start and end dates. Filter by date range or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Get Opportunity Documents** Returns the documents attached to a government opportunity, each with its file name, type, size, posted date, download link and extracted text. - Action **Add blacklist** Creates a new blacklist (suppression list) in Botdog so leads on it are excluded from campaigns. - Action **Add campaign** Creates a new outreach campaign in Botdog, optionally with a start and end date. - Action **Add Contact to a Campaign** Adds one contact to a Botdog campaign by LinkedIn profile URL, with optional name, title, company, location and custom attributes for message personalization. - Action **Add leads to blacklist** Adds up to 100 LinkedIn profiles to a Botdog blacklist so they are excluded from campaigns. Duplicates are skipped. - Action **Add leads to campaign** Adds up to 100 leads to a Botdog campaign in one call, each identified by LinkedIn profile URL. - Action **Add leads to list** Adds up to 100 LinkedIn profiles to a Botdog lead list. Duplicates are skipped. - Action **Add list** Creates a new lead list in Botdog to hold LinkedIn profiles you want to group together. - Action **Add snippet** Creates a reusable message snippet in Botdog — either a static text template or an LLM prompt — for use in campaign messages. - Action **Archive campaign** Archives a Botdog campaign. It disappears from the active list immediately and finishes archiving in the background. - Action **Delete campaign** Deletes a Botdog campaign. It disappears immediately and is removed in the background. - Action **Delete snippet** Deletes one of your own message snippets in Botdog. - Action **Get campaign** Returns one Botdog campaign by id, with its name, status, owner and schedule. - Action **Get campaign sequence** Returns a campaign's sequence — its steps and the branch conditions between them — as configured in the Botdog editor. - Action **Get campaign statistics** Returns a campaign's performance: invitations and messages sent, acceptances, replies, profile visits and the resulting rates. - Action **Get lead** Returns one lead by id, including profile details, campaign status and the lead's full event history. - Action **Get list** Returns one Botdog lead list by id, with its name and lead count. - Action **List campaign leads** Returns the leads in a Botdog campaign, optionally filtered by their campaign status or whether they replied. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns on the connected Botdog team, optionally filtered by status or owner. - Action **List leads** Returns leads across the Botdog team, optionally narrowed to a campaign or list and filtered by reply, unread or skipped state. - Action **List leads in list** Returns the leads in a Botdog lead list. - Action **List paused campaign activities** Returns which activity types — profile visits, invitations, messages and so on — are currently paused for a Botdog campaign. - Action **List snippets** Returns the message snippets visible to the connected Botdog user, both personal and team-shared. - Action **Pause campaign activities** Pauses specific activity types — profile visits, invitations, messages — on a campaign without pausing the whole campaign. - Action **Remove leads from blacklist** Removes leads from a Botdog blacklist, identified by lead id or LinkedIn profile URL. - Action **Remove leads from list** Removes leads from a Botdog lead list, identified by lead id or LinkedIn profile URL. - Action **Resume campaign activities** Resumes specific activity types on a Botdog campaign that were paused individually. - Action **Stop lead** Stops a lead's campaign sequence so Botdog sends them nothing further. The lead record is kept. - Action **Update campaign** Updates a Botdog campaign's name or schedule. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Update lead** Updates a lead's details in Botdog — name, company, status note and custom fields. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Update snippet** Updates a Botdog message snippet — its name, body, prompt, shortcut or archived state. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. ## Each app on its own - [ **HigherGov** HigherGov is a market intelligence platform for federal, state, and local government contractors and grant...](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov) - [ **Botdog** Botdog is a LinkedIn automation tool for sales teams of 1-20.](https://apiant.ai/connections/botdog) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from HigherGov - [ **HigherGov to Hyperstack Certificates** Hyperstack helps you easily create and manage digital certificates & badges for your events or courses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-hyperstack-certificates) - [ **HigherGov to timeBuzzer** timeBuzzer is a simple time tracker and timesheet app to track hours worked across projects in real time.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-timebuzzer) - [ **HigherGov to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-hubspot) - [ **HigherGov to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-salesforce) - [ **HigherGov to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-gmail) - [ **HigherGov to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-stripe) ## More into Botdog - [ **HubSpot to Botdog** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-botdog) - [ **Salesforce to Botdog** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-botdog) - [ **Slack to Botdog** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-botdog) - [ **Google Sheets to Botdog** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-botdog) - [ **Gmail to Botdog** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-botdog) - [ **Google Calendar to Botdog** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-botdog) Questions ## HigherGov and Botdog, answered ### ### What can start an automation from HigherGov? Any of HigherGov's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Pursuit Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Botdog when something happens in HigherGov? Any of Botdog's 30 actions, including Update campaign, Update lead, Update snippet and Add blacklist. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Botdog to HigherGov? Botdog has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HigherGov. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Botdog's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or Botdog? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use HigherGov and Botdog without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.